Re: [BNW] Specific Package Questions

[IHoChuan@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/10/01 3:58:33 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
arosslaw@earthlink.net writes:

<<Blaster and Hotshot -- seems a bit unfair that the hotshot gets massive
damage AND complete immunity to fire, heat and smoke, while the poor
blaster only gets Armor 5/. Immunity to all energy blasts is probably a
bit much, but maybe Armor 10/ against energy attacks?>>

All my BNW books are packed away in boxes at the moment so I'm going on 
memory but..
Blasters have (if a remember correctly) a much higher rate of fire, a longer 
range and do a lot more damage.  Plus they can fire bolts from each hand, 
getting (6) 5d6+10 attacks per action (though admittedly suffering off hand 
penalties for doing so).

<< Sooo, armor 5/ and healing every hour are roughly equivalent to +5
 Speed? Seems like the Scrapper kicks butt over his two colleagues here.
 Pity the poor bouncer. He's fast and strong, but can't take a punch. 
 All the other bricks (aside from goliath) not only have armor but a
 healing factor as well. Sucks to be a bouncer I guess. >>

Tough: That armor 20 is really, really high, especially when you are only 
keeping your highest damage die. It takes on average 25 points of damage to 
do one wound to these guys, it happens, just not that often.

Bouncer:  Bouncer's get at least one additional action per turn right off the 
bat, a much higher Pace and that +5 dodge makes them very slippery.  These 
guys aren't "bricks", they are very mobile.  Bouncer's tend to dictate the 
pace of whatever fight they are, and if they decided to leave, there isn't 
much a Tough or Scrapper can do about it.

-Brian

"You know guys, this is the reason we are called the Defiants, instead of, 
say, the Effectives, or the Victorious."
    -Johnny Punchclock, after a particularly hard day on the job.